Off the tee · Driver
What is Adam Scott's swing tempo?
Adam Scott's 2022 driver is a 0.70s backswing into a 0.24s downswing, a 2.92:1 tempo ratio over 0.94s from takeaway to impact. That is quicker through the backswing than the 3:1 ratio usually quoted for tour players. Timed by hand from tournament footage to 1/100 of a second.
0.70s
Backswing
0.24s
Downswing
0.94s
Total duration
2.92:1
Tempo ratio
The three marks
Every number above comes from these, and nothing else. Read off the footage by hand, in seconds from the start of the clip.
0.00s
Takeaway
0.70s
Top of backswing
0.94s
Impact
Source footage: 2022. Raw marks: takeaway 0s, top 0.7s, impact 0.94s.
The shot
Adam Scott, 2022, driver: 0.70s back and 0.24s down, a 2.9:1 tempo over 0.94 seconds.
How this compares to “3 to 1”
The rule of thumb says a tour backswing takes three times as long as the downswing. This one is 2.92:1, which is quicker through the backswing than that. Across the whole library the spread is wide enough that 3:1 is best read as an average of very different swings rather than a target any one player hits.
More hand-timed swings
Swing to it, don't just read it.
Elite Tempo plays this 2.92:1 as beats you can swing along to, then times your own swing the same way so you can see how close you got.